A STUDY ON THE DIRECTIVE UTTERANCES IN THE
ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED ENGLISH FOR
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for getting Bachelor Degree of Education
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
By
M aya A n
M aya A n i ssa
i ssa
A . 320. 020. 173 A . 320. 020. 173
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
APPROVAL
A STUDY ON THE DIRECTIVE UTTERANCES IN THE
ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED ENGLISH FOR
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
By
Maya Anissa
A.320.020.173
Approved By:
Consultant I, Consultant II,
ACCEPTANCE
Acceptance and Approved by the Board of Examiners Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muhammadiyah Univers ity of Surakarta
On
The Board of Examiners:
1. Dra. Siti Zuhriah Ariatmi,M.Hum ( )
Chair Person
2. Dra. Rini Fatmawati, M.Pd ( )
Member I
3. Dra. Malikatul Laila, M.Hum ( )
Member II
Teacher Training and Education Faculty Dean
MOTTO
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(The Writer)
A good pl an t oday i s bet t er t han a per f ect pl an t omor r ow . A good pl an t oday i s bet t er t han a per f ect pl an t omor r ow .
DEDICATION
Whole-heartedly dedicated to:
§ My beloved Father and Mother
§ My beloved Brother
§ My beloved Grandma
§ My Beloved Schatzy, the holder of my rib
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In the name of Allah SWT the merciful and the compassionate, the writer aware that without Allah’s permission she is not able to finish her research paper entitled “A STUDY ON THE DIRECTIVE UTTERANCES IN THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED ENGLISH FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS”, as requirement for getting Bachelor degree of education in English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. In the research paper, she realizes that this study will be impossible to be completed without the participation of all parties who have encouraged and supported her with help, advice, guidance and suggestion in conducting the research paper. Her special gratitude and appreciation are intended for:
1. Drs. Sofyan Anif, M Si as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
2. Koesoemo Ratih, SPd, M.Hum as the Head of English Department.
3. Dra. Siti Zuhriah Ariatmi.M.Hum, as the first consultant, for being a good friend of discussion and who is performing a valuable guidance, encouragement and critique during this study.
4. Dra. Rini Fatmawati, M.Pd, as the second consultant for her great advice helpful guide and information for the completion of this research.
6. Her beloved Father and Mother for their prayer and affection to her. 7. Her beloved Brother “Ucok” who has supported and motivated her. 8. Her beloved Grandma for her advice and patience.
9. Her beloved “SCHATZY” for giving the best day of her life. I Love you today, tomorrow, forever, and ever after.
10. Her “missing” beloved friend Dhania, I miss you girl!!!!
11. Her beloved friends, Tyas, Indry, Indah thanks for being her best friend.
12. Her dearest and closest friends, Retna, Rining, Chooey, Jupit, Jeng Sri, Ana, Tya’, Dwie, Nana, Didik, thank to all of you for meaningful lovely friendship and togetherness.
13. All of her friends in English Department.
Finally, the writer realizes that this research paper is still far from being perfect and still needs many improvements. However, the writer hopes this research paper will be useful for readers.
Surakarta, 2007
SUMMARY
Maya Anissa. A 320 020 173 “A STUDY ON THE DIRECTIVE
UTTERANCES IN THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED ENGLISH FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS“. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. 2006.
This research is aimed at identifying the forms, finding out the speaker’s intention, and clarifying the politeness pattern of directive utterances. To identifying the forms, the writer refers to the linguistic elements especially the sentence. In finding out the speaker’s intention, the writer uses pragmatics analysis especially the speech act theory. In clarifying the politeness pattern, the writer refers to the face theory that is based on the politeness strategies.
In collecting data, the writer uses document method by selecting the directive utterances which can be found in the data sources. The sources of the data are the English Textbook entitled English for Vocational Schools published by LP2IP Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta for the Novice and Elementary level.
She finds that there are three forms of sentences used in expressing the directive utterance, namely: imperative, interrogative, and declarative forms. Related to the speaker’s intention, the writer finds six kinds of directive utterances namely: commanding, requesting, inviting, suggesting, warning, and prohibiting. The politeness pattern that is used in expressing directive utterance, the writer finds that there are four politeness strategies that are applied namely: bald on record, positive politeness, negative politeness and off record strategy.
Consultant I Consultant II
Dra. Siti Zuhriah Ar.,M.Hum Dra. Rini Fatmawati M.Pd
NIK. 225 NIK. 562
Teacher Training and Education Faculty Dean,
TABLE OF CONTENT
A. Competence–Based Curriculum... 9
C. The Notion of English Textbook ... 13
D. Directive Utterances ... 14
1. The notion of Directive Utterances ... 14
2. The Classification of Directive Utterances... 15
3. The Form... 17
E. Speech Act ... 18
F. Politeness strategy... 21
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD... 24
A. Type of Research... 24
1. Analysis of Forms of Directive Utterances... 26
2. Analysis of the Speaker’s Intention in Saying the Directive Utterances ... 33
3. Analysis of the Politeness Pattern Used in the Directive Utterance... 40
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS... 52 B. Conclusions... 52 C. Suggestions ... 54
